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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

731 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING AS TROPICAL SYSTEM IKE APPROACHES            

  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND 

  IKE AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION PASSES FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA     

  INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. RADAR          

  INDICATES THAT WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY        

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH POTENTIAL FOR 6 INCHES...WILL 

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 AM CDT SUNDAY.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...MUSE...WHITESBORO...TALIHINA...HEAVENER...YANUSH...

  BENGAL...HOWE...WISTER...FANSHAWE...HIGGINS...DAMON...POTEAU...RED

  OAK...WILBURTON...CAMERON...PANAMA...POCOLA...BOKOSHE...SPIRO AND

  ARKOMA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3451 9493 3469 9494 3469 9552 3503 9550

      3504 9535 3506 9535 3506 9493 3521 9493

      3522 9481 3535 9480 3535 9471 3528 9466

      3534 9459 3531 9451 3535 9451 3537 9444

      3537 9443 3450 9447



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